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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Reports & Expeditions => Topic started by: Luke Wyrsta on July 23, 2011, 11:25:07 AM
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Typhoon finishes and spawning also comes to an end...
This is the result.
(http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/185013_2129103860247_1025462290_2518835_4485631_n.jpg?dl=1)
I would be there now if I didn't have to cut my trip short due to mother nature!
Next time ;D
Weight: 65kg weighed
Length: 161cm
Fight: 8 min
Lure: Carpenter Pandora
Reel: Shimano TwinPower 12000HG
Rod: TBC
Boat/Skipper: Big Dipper / Kenzaburo Fukui
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ohhhh that has to hurt.. leaving and then seeing a fish like that and the beautiful skies.
next time
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Yep. Thats big. Bad Luck Luke. Like you said though Next time. Just gives you a better excuse to go back
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What an insane fish eh..?
Gee its one mean/old looking fish.
Pete
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It's an amazing capture. I wish they would take a normal photo though without the camera angles to make it look 100kg
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Beautiful dark GT :o....
how did he manger to get that 65kg in 8 min ???
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It would be nice to see what it really looks like without tricky photography. It's still an awesome catch but let's see the real pic.
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Sweet fish. Real pic would be great, hate this angle.
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Get over it guys. Yes, it's ultra wide - just appreciate it for what it is.
Happy to delete the photo and just leave the detail if you would prefer
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Monster fish!!! Referring to the rod, what's TBC? PE line used? Thanks
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Yipes!
now thats a big fish 8)
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Get over it guys. Yes, it's ultra wide - just appreciate it for what it is.
Happy to delete the photo and just leave the detail if you would prefer
Nice answer Luke! Is it so wrong to want to see a pic that ain't tricked up?
BTW, a 65kg fish is always appreciated but a few would like to see the true picture. As I said, is that so wrong that you have to be so flippant in your reply?
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Get over it guys. Yes, it's ultra wide - just appreciate it for what it is.
Happy to delete the photo and just leave the detail if you would prefer
Nice answer Luke! Is it so wrong to want to see a pic that ain't tricked up?
BTW, a 65kg fish is always appreciated but a few would like to see the true picture. As I said, is that so wrong that you have to be so flippant in your reply?
It's the same old drum beat Bill - they have been doing this style for a long time and are not going to change it for anyone. We hear enough of it - and it becomes ridiculously repeatitive.
Let it go - they aren't going to change for you..
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congrats to your friends! That sure is a beast (wide angle or not)!
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Just wanted to ask about the rod they used to pull in that monster... By TBC, do you mean "to be continued?" or is that the initials of the rod? Like TBL...the blue lagoon
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Just wanted to ask about the rod they used to pull in that monster... By TBC, do you mean "to be continued?" or is that the initials of the rod? Like TBL...the blue lagoon
I think possibly, 'To Be Confirmed'...
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I think possibly, 'To Be Confirmed'...
Ahhhh, makes much more sense! Thank you, sir
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Solid fish for sure, take note of the hand holding the tail scutes you can tell the size of the fish by that section alone!
Luke, do you find the bite slows here in au during spawning? And I presume that spawning is in summer sometime?
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Such an awesome specimen - 65KG of awesomeness, almost there now.....
......to the dream
8)
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Awesome fish especially on the tackle, must have fought the fish perfectly! That is no long a Giant Trevally but a Kong Trevally!!
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That's one solid fish, well done, any idea how old a fish like that would be???
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Nice fish - lovely colouring!
Interesting to see that a Twinpower 12000HG did the damage - was going to sell mine but may just keep it as a reserve reel!
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Great capture, one A class fish there. 8min is amazing :-)
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Big fish! Kudos to the victor :)
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A donkey class Geet!!!!
As an artistic image, it's a lovely piece of living art.
Luke,
however, I think that it's nice to see a more in perspective shot just to see if the average forum member can honestly gauge the sizes of the fish that they may run into.
Unless you have worked on a vessel like Nomad, the average bloke would not be able to gauge weight without having the fish weighed, so yes, I think I can understand the "broken record" repetitive question of "where is the normal pic?".........we all want to have an understanding of the weight classes of fish we encounter and the photos posted on here are looked at hard and judging the weight/length is a primary motive for the images to be looked at so intensely. You need to rack up a heap of GT's to get OK at sizing them up and for a lot of forum members, it happens too infrequently. These images posted on here are part of a learning data base.
I understand that there is a great deal of Japanese anglers who prefer this style of wide image, though there are forum members trying to learn and appreciate these creatures from these images; well, I understand their point of view too.
Don't let it get ya down mate!
Awesome GT.........Awesome.
Cheers
Aaron.
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Amazing fish. Fish of a lifetime for most anglers.
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Amazing fish. Fish of a lifetime for most anglers.
Most anglers? Jeeze
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For me I like these wide angle pic. Nothing wrong with the wide angle as long as the size of the fish was measured.
Anyway just my 2cents :)
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Respect for landing this beast, awesome catch.
40kg / 45kg would be fish of a lifetime for most - this is a fish of a few life times!
Any idea of the fork length?
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Here is the rod & line information.
ROD: Ripple Fisher Ultimo 79
Line: PE#6 + nylon 130LB
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That's a big fish, you can normally look at their eyes in relation to the body. I used to be a spearo, and this was the way we would judge how large a fish was in clear water. The smaller the eyes, the larger a fish (obviously not talking about 10kg puppies). As the skull growns the eye sockets become larger as the eye it self doesn't really grown in relation to a Gt's head, you can see it very well on that 65kg Gt.
Have a look at my 'normal' photo as my avatar. I am 1,87cm, with the fish on my knees and resting on my chest at an angle. Look at my fingers too, from this you can guess the size.
I do agree how ever photos can be missleading, but each to their own. But why do we fish at the end of the day? It's not to impress a group of people on-line in a virtual world, but it's for that rush when a fish strikes at the surface and you connect. That smile on your face, the sweat running down your face and your reel screaming ;)